Anniversary Shenanigans: HAPPY HOUR CHAT! :D (and Giveaway!)

Happy Thanksgiving to all our American friends! We hope everyone's having a wonderful Thanksgiving!

And to all our international friends (or those who don't celebrate), happy Thursday! Today, we are thankful for you guys, our readers. You're the best!  However, you plan on spending your day today, may it end with pie...

So unicorn sweet...tasty!

The unicorns gathered together and had a happy hour chat in honor of our second anniversary! What did we chat about? Why our anniversary of course! And somehow it turned to porn. Doesn't it always? ;D 

What did we think about Jay Bell's awesome video kick off message? Did you check it out?
Guess who knows Colby Keller's cock very well? And more!!!!

Audrey: BMBR!! Thank you so much for putting together the amazing anniversary shenanigans. You unis rock.

Cupcake: heheheheehehe

Lori: it's super cool!

Justin: I really should turn the TV on once in a while. I swear I am so out of touch with anything TV related

Audrey: hahhahaa, yeah, I don't have a TV, actually. >__<

Lori: The shenanigans have been amazing. Thanks L, CC & B!

Justin: I walk into a room and immediately turn the TV off.

Breann: Thanks L & Cupcake!

Breann: I did all of three posts. Go me
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Lori: so do I. but everyone else has it on. I half listen while I read!

Justin: YES, they have been AWESOME! L, CC & B you guys totally rocked it!!!

Cupcake: Can you believe the response to that Jay Bell giveaway??? Holy cow!

Lori: three posts more than me, B.

Breann: Well... he is my BFF, ya know.

Peachy: Me too Lori!

Justin: Jay is AWESOMESS times 1000

Breann: Just thinking about that chat when he was author of the month cracks me up

Peachy: Thanks you guys for all your hardwork and general unicorniness

Cupcake: Baby deserves the credit. She's done the majority of everything. Maybe I can get a 2 for 1 on the peen cookie bouquet deal.

Lori: Jay Bell rocks socks. I was getting a little obsessed checking the stats updates for his post.

Audrey: The Jay Bell video was amazeballs.

Cupcake: It was! That candle bit! 
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Sunny: His books don't work for me, but that video...loved that 

Justin: If only he wasn't married..... lol

Peachy: Ditto Sunny!

Lori: L. you're the best.

Lori: Lol J!

Peachy: He's adorable - so are you J

Want to read the rest AND enter the giveaway? Check it out after the jump! =)

Happy Hour Chat: Duck! by Kim Dare

Raised among humans, Ori Jones only discovered he was an avian shifter six months ago. Unable to complete a full shift until he reaches his avian maturity, he still can’t be sure of his exact species. 

But with species comes rank, and rank is everything to the avians. When a partial shift allows the elders to announce that they believe Ori to be a rather ugly little duckling, he drops straight to the bottom rung of their hierarchy. 

Life isn’t easy for Ori until he comes to the attention of a high ranking hawk shifter. Then the only question is, is Ori really a duck—and what will his new master think when the truth eventually comes out?

Please Note: This is the second edition of this book. It has been tweaked and re-edited, but the plot has not changed.





When Kim Dare asked if we unicorns would read her revised edition of Duck! our collective response was something like this:

MOAR ORI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ori, everyone's favorite fledgling, and possibly, sweetest boy ever is back and better if you can believe that. I wasn't sure perfection could be improved upon, but one should never underestimate Kim Dare. 

Lesson learned.

So, grab a seat and prepare to be blown away by our thorough discussion of Duck! which looks a lot like:

Breann: Ready!

Sunny: Raised among humans, Ori Jones only discovered he was an avian shifter six months ago. Unable to complete a full shift until he reaches his avian maturity, he still can’t be sure of his exact species. But with species comes rank, and rank is everything to the avians. When a partial shift allows the elders to announce that they believe Ori to be a rather ugly little duckling, he drops straight to the bottom rung of their hierarchy. Life isn’t easy for Ori until he comes to the attention of a high ranking hawk shifter. Then the only question is, is Ori really a duck—and what will his new master think when the truth eventually comes out?

Cupcake: ORRRRIIIIIIIIIII! <3 <3 <3

Sunny: lol...Ori is so sweet 

Breann: I love Ori.

SRAL: I love Ori a lot. The end.

SRAL: Great chat!

Breann: OK we're done!

Not quite. Come back here! 

Theme of the Month: YA! Happy Hour Chat feat. "My Summer of Wes" by Missy Welsh

Beginning this month, we're gonna start mixing it up a little at the blog! Instead of Author of the Month features, we'll be doing theme months. YES! *fist pumps* B/c we all know how matchy-matchy we unicorns like things. ;) What better way than to matchy-match our reading materials?

This month's theme is YA. Yes, that's a chorus of cheers and groans in the clubhouse. You see, not everyone's a fan of YA. Howeeeeeever, they gave this story a fighting chance, and guess what? It came out on top!

The YA book BMBR chose to read this month is My Summer of Wes by Missy Welsh. Keep an eye out for more YA stories throughout this month!

Warning: As with all of our chats, this post will contain spoilers, zaniness, and wackadoodle squeeing.

Sunny: SRAL...you haven't read Sam and Mitch?! omg...Ann..she needs to read that scene in the truck

Sunny: you know the one...

Cuppers: You gotta read that fairy tale!!! That fairy tale is the shiznizzle!

Ann: YES! And the scene in the park. And the scene in the bar!

SRAL: buttsex?

Cuppers: OMG the bar scene… *sighs*

Lorix: The scene in the bar...

Ann: A plethora of buttsex

Lorix: Should we start the chat??

Sunny: okay, let me grab the blurb...

Ann: Blurb it!

Sunny: I didn't know. How could I? All through high school, I was beaten up and teased for being gay. But I wasn't gay. Or didn't think I was. Now Wes, the guy across the street who's taken me under his wing and been the best friend I've ever had, won't stop invading my dreams, hell, my every waking thought. Am I gay? Because I'm thinking I'd like to kiss him. Actually, I'm thinking there's a lot more I'd like to do with his mouth and the rest of that tall, confident, muscular body. Ah, man... I'm so gay! But what if he doesn't feel the same way about me? And, Jesus, what about my parents? And those bastards from school are still around. And I'm supposed to go to college this fall... Shit, I need to sit down. I can't breathe and I'm about to shake apart. Then Wes puts his hand on the back of my neck, gives me one of those encouraging squeezes and his bright smile, and everything's okay again. Yeah, I'm hooked. Oh, boy...

Cuppers: So much buttsex. Oodles of buttsex. And feelz.

Ann: *awkward

SRAL: I like that together

Ann: hahahahahahahahaha

SRAL: LMAO buttsex

B: Lol!

Ann: I love you Cuppity

Lorix: Confession - I read this book in September and half read a gazillion since...but I do remember I liked it!

B: So..... this is the cutest book EVER.

SRAL: I read this book...a year or 3 ago but I loved it. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO​OOOOOM!

Ann: I loved, loved, loved how much Mal finally felt loved and wanted

B: Aw! Me too.

Sunny: I read it 2 years ago, but re-read it today...and loved it all over again  =)

Wanna hear more about why the unicorns loved this book so much? Check it out after the jump!

Happy Hour Chat: What Can Be by Mary Calmes

Guess what time it is...??

It's Happy Hour Chat time!

*busts out the margaritas*

For today's Happy Hour Chat, we'll be chit chatting about What Can Be by Mary Calmes. Mary Calmes will be our February Author of the Month (and, OMG, you would not believe how much squeeing there was from a certain clubhouse contingent), so keep an eye out for more reviews of her work, plus an interview, later this month!


Warning: This chat will contain spoilers.

JL + Mary = ♥ 4eva: I KNEW he was in the WPP before I even read it. She uses it a lot in her books

Ann: Well, that's convenient - the WPP i mean

Sunny: MC= convenient

JL + Mary = ♥ 4eva: MC = awesome

Sméagol: MC = joy

Justin: MC = Crackwhore

JL + Mary = ♥ 4eva: yes!

JL + Mary = ♥ 4eva: no! J!

Sméagol: The best kinda crack there is.

Sméagol: :D

JL + Mary = ♥ 4eva: Jet, you better park your butt right here and talk about this book!

Ann: MC = overly dramatic drama with big beautiful gold digging drama queens

Sunny: Did you like anything about the story, Ann?

Justin: Yes Jet, and don't hold anything back

Ann: Ummmmmmm - hold please

Ann: The boyfriend dude was ok

Sunny: I liked Craig. I'd like a Craig. Billionaire fantasy guy who loves me.

Ann: The rest of them were looney tunes

JL + Mary = ♥ 4eva: Me too. I want a Craig Zhao

Sméagol: Craig was hot.

Ann: Except he kept telling everybody what to do.

Ann: Don't tell me how to live my life Craig Zhao!

Justin: You mean the almost billionaire that kept saying "mine"? That boyfriend?

Sunny: He was taking care of him!

Sméagol: He was all, "JakEli, cute the shit"

Sméagol: cut*

Sunny: because Jake was a mess

Ann: What the fuck was with step mommy? "Are you a billionaire" WTAF?

Sméagol: I hated the step mom. She's a bitch

JL + Mary = ♥ 4eva: Craig Zhao was awesome. Craig Zhao loved Jake/Eli so much. Did anyone else notice his name was always Craig Zhao in the book?

Ann: *pft*

Sméagol: I was not fooled

This was kind of a wild one, but if you think you're game, check out the rest of the chat after the jump (and take the fuck truck to pound town!).

Happy Hour Chat: In the Red by Kari Gregg

Good day, and happy January and 2015 to all of you lovely ladies and gents! This month's happy hour chat was delayed a bit due to holiday schedules and unicorns living Wild and Crazy Lives™.  

However, fear not! We are here! And we are chatty!

This month's happy hour chat book was In the Red by Kari Gregg. As you've no doubt guessed from the reviews that have been floating around BMBR this month, Kari Gregg is our January author of the month.

In case you missed it, there was also a great interview with Kari Gregg earlier this week. Now sit back, relax, and get ready for a squirmy and super sexy time!

Ann of Ween Gaybles: I loved the book, I hope I remember stuff

Sunny: me, too, Ann

Cuppers: Was it just the 4 of us that read it?

Lorix: I managed to read it before bed last night! Just - didn't think I was going to!

Sunny: 5, I think

Cuppers: 5 sorry

Sunny: lol...

Cuppers: ok… well… I hearted it real hard.

Cuppers: it were FUCKHAWT!!!!!!

Ann of Ween Gaybles: YES Cuppers - FUCKHAWT!

Ann of Ween Gaybles: i like that word

Sunny: I'm mad there isn't a sequel, though :(

SRAL: I really, really liked it! >:)

Audrey: Quick recap of the book's blurb: Forensic accountant Brian Foster was a rising star at TFOS -- the FBI's Terrorism Financing Operations Section -- until he was abducted, "questioned," and left for dead. His nine days of captivity broke him. Brian retreats to the mountains of western Maryland where he amasses enough weaponry to declare himself an independent nation and enough lamps to pinpoint his location from the International Space Station. He's losing the battle against paranoia. Too bad TFOS needs him. Brian stumbled onto something big when he vanished last year and TFOS needs that case resolved. Now.

The FBI tasks Special Agent Zachary Murdock with gluing Brian together and returning him to TFOS. Brian will steady once he focuses on work instead of his neuroses. As Zachary nudges Brian back into the career that cost him dearly, Brian's paranoia escalates. Personal and professional lines blur. Zachary isn't sure which presents the biggest complication anymore: Brian's peculiar brand of crazy, the case they're working, or the closeted submissive's surprising -- and enthralling -- kink.

Zachary and Brian both know, when the case heats up and they're forced to run, they're operating at a loss, though: they are in the red.

Sunny: My favorite scene...when they first opened the toy box...when Brian kept spreading his thighs further...so hot.

Ann of Ween Gaybles: *nods* Brian has some seriously enthralling kinks

Ready to hear about Brian's kinks? Then click on and check out the rest of the chat after the jump! :)

Happy Hour Chat: "Clockwork Tangerine" by Rhys Ford

Greetings, BMBR friends! Happy holiday season and all that jazz! In case you missed it, we have a ton of giveaways still live on the blog from our November of insanity, a.k.a. the Anniversary Shenanigans last month. Check 'em out here. We're even giving away a DOZEN books (plus a $20 Amazon gift card from Finn Marlowe)!

This month, we're chatting up a storm about steampunkery! *adjusts goggles and fiddles with whatzits and doodads* 

Don your steampunkiest finery and assemble your favorite concoction to join us in our Happy Hour Chat about Clockwork Tangerine by Rhys Ford.

Rhys Ford will be December's Author of the Month, so keep an eye out for more reviews of her work and an interview (with....maybe...a giveaway?? :D) with her later this month!

Warning: This chat contains spoilers.

Audrey: Today we're chatting "Clockwork Tangerine" by Rhys Ford.

Audrey: Quick copy/paste of the blurb: The British Empire reigns supreme, and its young Queen Victoria has expanded her realm to St. Francisco, a bustling city of English lords and Chinese ghettos. St. Francisco is a jewel in the Empire’s crown and as deeply embroiled in the conflict between the Arcane and Science as its sister city, London—a very dark and dangerous battle. Marcus Stenhill, Viscount of Westwood, stumbles upon that darkness when he encounters a pack of young bloods beating a man senseless. Westwood’s duty and honor demand he save the man, but he’s taken aback to discover the man is Robin Harris, a handsome young inventor indirectly responsible for the death of Marcus’s father. Living in the shadows following a failed coup, Robin devotes his life to easing others’ pain, even though his creations are considered mechanical abominations of magicks and science. Branded a deviant and a murderer, Robin expects the viscount to run as far as he can—and is amazed when Marcus reaches for him instead.

Lorix: I actually really, really enjoyed this book chat book.

Ann of Ween Gaybles: Me too LORI!

Sunny: I wish it had been longer, I really liked the MCs

MANTICORE of SRAL: I liked the book chat book. I just didn't feel like writing a review today. I'm reviewed out. Tomorrow.

Jenni Lea: Do I even have to tell you guys if I liked this book? It's pretty much a given that I liked it.

Lorix: I always write my review after the chat anyway

Natasha: i feel like rhys ford's writing is excellent

Ann of Ween Gaybles: I loved it!

Audrey: I haven't quite finished it, but the story so far is great. >__<

Cuppers: it's my first Rhys Ford

MANTICORE of SRAL: I have issues but overall it's good

Audrey: My first Rhys Ford story, too!

MANTICORE of SRAL: My first Rhys Ford too!

Sunny: It was my first, too, Cupcake

Ann of Ween Gaybles: I reviewed it for the blog many moons ago

Justin: First line: The stink of St. Francisco crept into Marcus’s nose and stayed there, an unwelcome sensory vermin plaguing him at every step. *gags*

Ann of Ween Gaybles: J and his smells

Natasha: overall, steampunk ain't my thang, but still, RF is an excellent writer

Audrey: Ditto, SRAL. Some issues, but so far I've enjoyed it. :)

Ann of Ween Gaybles: She writes very viscerally. I love that!

Justin: I'm with Nash...steampunk ain't my thang.

Sunny: I really like steampunk

Cuppers: she's got a unique voice

Sunny: I wish there hadn't been so much happening off page, though

Cuppers: ditto Sunny

Cuppers: i like all the punks

Find out more about what we think of the punks....AND manticore porn, peen, and dildo machines! All of that and more, after the jump! :)